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a 30 year old Florida A man faces up to half a decade in federal prison after pleading guilty to posting violent threats on social media that promised to decapitate a Democratic representative. Ilhan OmarMurder her “monkey babies,” then eat the babies “for protein,” according to plea agreement papers reviewed by Independent,
Tampa resident Miles M. McQuade made threats to X Social network owned by Elon Musk One Day Later, formerly known as Twitter Omar criticizes late right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk In an interview with a progressive news outlet. His comments outraged Republicans, leading to an uproar GOP legislator Emphasis is being laid on snatching the responsibility of his committee from Omar.
“Go back to Somalia before [sic] It’s too late,” McQuade warned in a post, which was reiterated in his Dec. 2 petition.
In another, McQuade addressed Omar as “you filthy inhumane”. [N-word],
In both cases, McQuade’s petition, which was added to the public docket on Dec. 4, says death threats have been made age “The intent was…to be a genuine threat of violence,” and he “recognized that this would be considered a genuine threat of violence…not a casual comment, a casual comment, or something said in jest.”
According to his LinkedIn profile, McQuade is an account executive at a tech company. The allegations against him were not previously reported.
Omar’s family fled war-torn Somalia when umar was a childThey were granted asylum in 1995, and Omar became a US citizen five years later, at the age of 17, The 43-year-old lawmaker, who has represented Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since 2019, is the first Somali-American member of Congress, and one of two muslim women Currently serving.
a member ofsquad“Omar faces a group of far-left leaning Democratic lawmakers Death threats from MAGA loyalists Amid years of sharp attacks from President Trump, who during a televised Cabinet meeting last week Omar and his fellow Somali-Americans described as “trash”, and called for Omar to be “thrown out of our country”.
“Those Somalians should get out of here,” Trump said, using the wrong term for Somalis. “She has destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her — she’s always talking about ‘the Constitution provides me uhhhh,'” he continued, referring to Omar.
“Go back to your country and understand your constitution. She just complains about this country and without this country she would not be in a very good situation. She probably would not be alive now.”
In October, Omar told NBC News He feared for his life due to a sharp increase in threats over his criticisms of Israel. While GOP leaders did nothing against the “venomous language” being used by party members, they refused to “hold the extremists in their ranks accountable,” he said, adding that such behavior actually has “real-world consequences.”
“Since assuming office, two people have pleaded guilty to threatening to kill me,” Omar told the outlet. “It’s very real. I’m scared for my kids and I have to talk to them about being cautious because you never know.”
On September 11, Omar sat down for an interview with Zateau, during which he expressed concern That conservatives had “weaponized” the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on September 10 to attack the left. Emphasizing Kirk’s death was really sadOmar said people on the right had unfairly recast Kirk last year as a unifying presence rather than a divisive figure. demanded that he be deported,
“There are a lot of people talking about him [Kirk] Just want to have a civil debate,” Omar told host Mehdi Hasan. “These people are full of filth, and it’s important for us to call them out when we feel anger and sadness.”
at 12:33 a.m. on September 12, according to McQuade – who was vacationing in Orlando his petition papers -Logged in on X and posted a message to a target identified in court documents as “US Congresswoman 1.”
,[U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN 1] I’m going to kill you, you dirty inhuman [N-word] And I will eat your monkey babies for protein,” the post reads, adding: ‘Go back to Somalia before this [sic] Its very late.”
Eight minutes later, McQuade sent a second X message, according to plea documents.
,[N-word]When this country collapses, I will kill your children in front of you and then cut off your head,” the post reads,
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McQuade’s plea stated that he was “motivated by U.S. Congresswoman 1’s position as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and her official duties.”
as is customary Department of JusticeThe filing does not include the victim’s name. However, in addition to McQuade’s messages, the language used in court filings makes it clear that she was the target. (Omar’s office did not respond to a request for comment; a Justice Department spokesperson declined to share any additional details.)
Shortly before 8 o’clock that morning, US Capitol Police “These threats have been reported … and an investigation has been initiated,” the petition papers say. A team of Capitol Police special agents arrived at McQuade’s apartment that evening in an attempt to question him, but he was out of town, the plea continues.
“Agents attempted to contact McQuade by phone, but they hung up when he identified himself,” it says.
Agents returned to McQuade’s apartment on September 14, and “attempted an interview,” according to the petition, which does not provide further details.
Prosecutors charged McQuade a bill of information Filed on December 2. He pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting interstate threats to injure the same day.
Blame is kept behind bars for a maximum of five yearsA fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.
Seamus Hughes is a senior research faculty member at the University of Nebraska Omaha National Center for Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and EducationAnd experts on violent extremism are seeing more and more people like McQuade crossing their professional radar.
“With just three weeks to go, 2025 continues to set a record for the most federal arrests related to threats against public officials in at least a decade,” Hughes said. Independent“Violent rhetoric touches all levels of public service, whether it be local election officials, members of the Minnesota Congress, the President of the United States – the connecting glue is an emerging and worrying subgroup of Americans who view the threat of assassination as an acceptable outlet for expressing their political dissent, It never has, it should never happen, and hopefully,,,it never will,”
McQuade is scheduled to appear for a hearing in Tampa federal court on Dec. 22.
Defense attorney Andrew Searle, who is representing McQuade, did not respond to a request for comment Monday.